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Daniel Auteuil

Daniel Auteuil

4 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 4 · 19862005

Born 24 January 1950 · Alger, France [now Algeria]

Daniel Auteuil is a French actor. His starring role in Jean de Florette brought him international recognition, and he has since become one of the best-known, best-paid and most popular actors in France. Through films such as Caché, Mon meilleur ami, Le bossu and Après vous..., he has since gained greater international recognition.

Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Auteuil, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 4 · 19862005

  • BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role1988
  • Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor1996
  • César Award for Best Actor2000
  • David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor1993
  • César Award for Best Actor1987
  • Commander of the National Order of Merit2022
  • Officer of the National Order of Merit2002
  • Knight of the National Order of Merit1993
  • Officer of Arts and Letters2005
  • European Film Award for Best Actor2005
  • European Film Award for Best Actor1993

How their films are shot

Measured across 130 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Daniel takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 4 films we hold, 50% of their frames are night — the look of the work Daniel takes.

Time of day

Night50%
Day42%
Interior7%

Lighting

Natural39%
Low key37%
High key12%
Chiaroscuro9%

Shot size

Medium56%
Closeup19%
Wide16%
Establishing5%

Camera angle

Eye level90%
High angle5%
Low angle5%

Mood

Neutral70%
Tense21%
Lonely4%
Ominous4%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 130 frames from Daniel Auteuil's 4 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.